Digital Stories
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Digital partnerships grants program recipients announced
Six Territory businesses have received $900,000 in government funding through the Digital Partnership grants program.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Augmented Reality Launched at Megafauna Central
Megafauna Central in Alice Springs has extended its visitor offering with the launch of an exciting, new Augmented Reality (AR) experience and a new HoloLens headset experience.
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- Improving Government Services
Pay for street parking at the Darwin Waterfront with your smartphone
Street parking is now more convenient at the Darwin Waterfront through the introduction of smartphone parking apps, saving users both time and money.
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- Improving Government Services
New Bushfire Emergency Management System
The Territory Government today launched a new Bushfires Emergency Management System (BEMS) to help improve safety outcomes for firefighters and Territorians.
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- Building Digital Skills
Pre School Science Games
STEM learning has begun for some of our littlest Territorians, thanks to this year’s introduction of fun-based Pre-School Science Games.
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- Building Digital Skills
STEM and STEAM Centres of Excellence
Dedicated STEM Centres of Excellence have been set up in Darwin High School, Centralian Senior College and Taminmin College. The Centres of Excellence are providing students with the skills needed to live and work successfully in the 21st century.
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- Improving Government Services
Government's digital first approach
A digital first approach to expand government's online footprint makes it easier for Territorians to access services; this particularly helps disadvantaged people living in remote and regional areas, people with mobility restrictions, care-givers and seniors.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Local research puts NT mangoes on the map
Local research putting NT mango data on the national 'Australian Tree Crop Rapid Response Map'.
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- Building Digital Skills
Alice Springs 'Geek in Residence' program wins awards
The Alice Springs Public Library coordinated a 'Geek in Residence' program that provided access to computers, iPads and digital training for youth.
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- Building Digital Skills
Cabomba underwater surveillance
Weed Officers use real-time underwater video surveillance to assist them in aquatic weed management.
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- Enabling Smarter Communities
World first solar facility in the Alice
In a world-first, a solar demonstration facility in Alice Springs is providing valuable open data to users across the world in real time.
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- Building Digital Skills
Using skills to capture stories and culture
Chris Fitzpatrick is a Yanyuwa/Garwua man from Borroloola uses his newly acquired skills to digitally capture the stories of his culture and people.
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- Building Digital Skills
Robocup teaches kids digital skills
Today's children are preparing for the new millennium by learning digital skills for the jobs of the future.
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- Improving Government Services
New contemporary Government Data Centre ready to commission
The NT Government is working on a data centre refresh program that is moving to a dual-site model for managing essential government data.
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- Building Digital Skills
Showcasing skills
More than 1,000 students were flying, buzzing and puzzling their way through Parliament House for Skills 2021 with drones, robots and 3D objects taking over the Main Hall.
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- Improving Government Services
Mobile technology enabling faster and better asset data collection
The NT Government's ASNEX solution uses contemporary mobile technologies for better asset management, giving field-based staff and contractors access to infrastructure data, digital images and spatial tools.
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- Building Digital Skills
Territory Seniors gaining knowledge
Territory seniors are getting hands on with new technology at free workshops at the Alice Springs Library to improve their digital skills to tap into new education and social opportunities.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Successful wi-fi trial on remote government research farm
Successful wi-fi trial on remote government research farm shows potential for outback businesses.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Remote Telecommunications Ideas Exchange
The first Remote Telecommunications Ideas Exchange held in 2018 marked a key first step to overcoming telecommunications challenges in the Territory.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
World first multilingual driver education app
Successful development and piloting of a world-first multilingual driver education app.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
New heights for livestock management
Drone technology is revolutionising farming by recording real time data on livestock management, welfare, flood mitigation and land surveys to save time and money.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Virtual technology bringing WWII to life
Virtual technology is evoking the pain, suffering and fear of World War II by bringing the stories of the Bombing of Darwin to life at the Royal Flying Doctors Museum at the Stokes Hill Wharf.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Anangu language app a success
Kulila!, meaning "listen, think and understand", is a free app helping Anangu people in the centre of Australia to connect and talk about trauma and mental health in their own language.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Ingenious iVet – The virtual veterinary clinic
Ingenious iVet – the virtual veterinary clinic. iVet was started by local vet Dr Sue Samuelsson to help her Arnhem Land clients.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Remote mobile phone hotspots connect the Territory to the world
The Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT) in Alice Springs has created a simple mobile phone hotspot that extends mobile phone signal for up to 100 kilometres, helping people in very remote locations make calls.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Connecting our communities
With over one million visits each year, the Territory's public libraries are among its most valued social institutions.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Professions and industry trading license applications now online
Online licensing system that enables professions and industries requiring a license to trade can now lodge and manage applications digitally.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Online portal for skilled migrant applications
Online portal that enables skilled migrant applications to be lodged and managed digitally.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Hitnet Hub spreading news in Ngukurr
Digital content is being developed and shared across the Ngukurr community via a Hitnet Hub installed in the Ngukurr general store.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Free wi-fi hotspots
Free wi-fi hotspots at key tourism destinations.
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- Enabling Smarter Communities
Leading renewable energy projects advancing local knowledge
Leading renewable energy research and development projects are advancing local knowledge.
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- Enabling Smarter Communities
Digitising land use maps across the NT
Dynamic digital land use maps covering the Northern Territory's 1.35 million square kilometres will help the agricultural sector make informed decisions about what crops to grow, where to grow them, and the availability of water.
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- Improving Government Services
NT Government apps making data and services online and mobile
NT Government digital apps and systems making data and services online and mobile.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
EnviroSys shines
EnviroSys is a niche environmental management software solution developed locally by SRA Information Technology.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Showcasing Territory Talent
Showcasing Territory talent, the LightSPEE3D printer is a world-first commercial 3D printer that was co-invented in the Territory.
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- Growing Jobs and Business
Cattle monitoring using satellites
Satellites are being used to remotely monitor and analyse performance of individual cattle and pastures in Northern Australia. Leading to the development of commercial software that enhances cattle management.
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- Enabling Smarter Communities
Real time price petrol information through MyFuelNT
Real time petrol price information available to Territorians through the MyFuelNT solution.
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- Connecting Territory Communities
Remote telecommunications co-investment program
Mobile phone and/or broadband services are being delivered to remote Territory communities as part of the 2015-2018 NTG/Telstra Remote Telecommunications Co-investment Program.
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- Improving Government Services
New skills take to the sky in marine research
Drone technology is taking Northern Territory marine researchers to new heights when it comes to studying coastal dolphins.